STOCKTON – A woman was arrested on suspicion of child abandonment today after police said she left her 2-year-old son at a central Stockton park.

According to police, 44-year-old Silvia Perez took her son to Caldwell Park in the 3100 block of Allston Way in a stroller about 1:40 p.m. Witnesses told officers the child was yelling for his mother as she left, but Perez pushed the boy away and left the park without him.

The child was taken into protective custody and placed at Mary Graham Hall, a children's shelter in Stockton, authorities said.

Read Thursday's Record for more on this story by staff writer Jason Anderson.